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Dionne Brand is a Canadian poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer who focuses on issues relating to black women. She was born in Trinidad in 1953 and came to Canada to study at the University of Toronto. She is an active fighter for the rights of marginalized communities, especially blacks and women.

Works:

• Fore Day Morning - 1978
• Earth Magic - 1979
• Primitive Offensive - 1982
• Winter Epigrams - 1983
• Chronicles of the Hostile Sun - 1984
• Rivers Have Sources, Trees Have Roots: Speaking of Racism - 1986
• Sans Souci and Other Stories - 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day.
• No Language is Neutral - 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo (Nominated for a Governor General's AwardEach winner of the 1990 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5 000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. English Language)
• No Burden to Carry: Narratives of Black Working Women in Ontario, 1920s-1950s - 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac
• Bread Out of Stone - 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an
• In Another Place, Not Here - 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan
• Land to Light On - 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t (Won the 1997 Governor General's Award for poetryThe winners of the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards was announced on November 18th by Donna Scott, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000. English Language Fiction Winner: Jane Urquhart, The Underpain)
• At the Full and Change of the Moon - 1999
• thirsty - 2003 (nominated for the Griffin Poetry Prize)